Category: Northern California

Newsom Signs Package of Abortion Laws That Critics Decry as Enabling Infanticide

September 27, 2022
abortionCaliforniaGavin NewsomLocal NewsNorthern CaliforniaRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUSUS News
0 Comment

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed into law a package of abortion-related bills, some of which immunize women and doctors from criminal and civil liability for what critics have called infanticide. While many Republican-led states move to ban abortion, Democrat-led California “continues to lead the nation’s fight” to decriminalize aspects of abortion and create more privacy…

Read More

California Leads US in Slumping Luxury Home Sales

September 27, 2022
California housing marketeconomyLocal Newsluxury homesmortgage rateNorthern CaliforniaRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment

California leads the U.S. in plunging luxury-home sales, according to a recent report by the national real estate service Redfin. The City of Oakland experienced the most dramatic drop in luxury home sales, decreasing by 70 percent in the three months prior to Aug. 31 compared to the same time last year. In San Jose…

Read More

Los Angeles Times Prints Unedited CCP Propaganda

September 27, 2022
CCPLocal NewsLos Angeles TimesNorthern CaliforniaOpinionRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUSViewpoints
0 Comment

Commentary The Sept. 25 Los Angeles Times included a special, four-page section headlined in black called “CHINA WATCH.” Above that in smaller, orange print is, “ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.” And below the headline, in much smaller print, is “CHINA DAILY. 中国日报.” Wikipedia identifies the “China Daily” newspaper as “an English-language daily newspaper owned by the Publicity…

Read More

California Seeks to Become Mecca of Abortion Tourism: Pro-Life Attorney

September 27, 2022
abortionconstitutional rightsEducation & Family NewsFeatured TopicsLocal NewsNorthern Californiapro-lifeRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment

Following the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade, many states have moved to either further restrict or expand abortion access, with California chief among the latter. Having recently passed a spate of laws to cement abortion protections for residents and so-called abortion tourists, the state has positioned itself as a sanctuary for abortion seekers…

Read More

Man Arrested in California Plotted ‘Las Vegas-Style’ Mass Shooting

September 27, 2022
CaliforniaLas VegasLocal Newsmass shootingNorthern CaliforniaRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment

CHICO, Calif.—A 37-year-old man was arrested on Sept. 25 in Northern California on suspicion of threatening to kill police officers and planning a “Las Vegas-style” mass shooting, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody by SWAT officers at a Super 8 motel in Chico after detectives obtained evidence of his plot, according to a…

Read More

Historic ‘Skunk Train’ Offers Rides Through the Redwoods

September 25, 2022
LifestyleLocal NewsNorthern CaliforniarailroadRedwoodRegional-Local NewstrainsTravel & DiscoveryUS
0 Comment

FORT BRAGG, Calif.—Along Northern California’s coast, the world-famous Skunk Train attracts visitors to Fort Bragg from near and far. A cheery man wearing glasses, blue overalls, a black T-shirt, and a black cap drives the steam train. He is Stathi Pappas, the Skunk Train’s general manager. The Skunk Train line includes five historic trains and…

Read More

Gavin Newsom Signs Bill to Legalize Human Composting in California

September 24, 2022
burialCaliforniacompostLocal NewsNorthern CaliforniaRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that will make human composting a legal burial option in the state in 2027. A human composting burial method or natural organic reduction (NOR) lets a body decompose into soil, which takes about 30 to 60 days. The soil can then be given back to the family…

Read More

UCLA Forecast: California’s Economy Stays Strong but Could Weaken as National Growth Slows

September 24, 2022
California economycalifornia exoduseconomic forecastinflationLocal NewsNorthern CaliforniarecessionRegional NewsRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUCLAUS
0 Comment

California’s economy continues to grow but could begin to weaken along with slower national growth, according to a new forecast by University of California–Los Angeles’s (UCLA) Anderson School. Although uncertainty remains about what will happen in the next 12 months, UCLA’s forecasters do not predict a recession in the next year. However, the U.S. economy…

Read More

California’s Prop. 30 Will Not Save the Forests

September 23, 2022
CaliforniaLocal NewsNorthern CaliforniaOpinionRegional-Local NewsSouthern CaliforniaUSViewpointswildfires
0 Comment

Commentary The television ads are impossible to ignore. A stern man in a firefighter’s uniform stands beside the wasted ashes of an immolated forest. As a harrowing montage of towering flames, skies filled with smoke, and CO2 belching cars on freeways slide across the screen, exuding masculine authority, he explains “we are in a crisis.” His…

Read More

‘Newsom Is Pushing Hideous New Extreme Abortion Bills’: Lawyer

September 23, 2022
abortionGavin NewsomLocal NewsNorthern CaliforniaPolicies & ImpactsRegional-Local NewsSocial IssuesSouthern CaliforniaUSUS News
0 Comment

The executive director of a law firm trying to stop a California bill that he says will enable infanticide has criticized billboards paid for by the campaign of California Gov. Gavin Newsom which promote abortion with Bible quotes. Newsom, a Democrat, announced on Sept. 16 that he had launched the billboards in Texas, Indiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and three more of…

Read More